Package org.hibernate

Class Hibernate.CollectionInterface<C>

java.lang.Object

org.hibernate.Hibernate.CollectionInterface<C>

Type Parameters:

C - the type of collection, for example, List<User>

Enclosing class:

Hibernate

public static final class Hibernate.CollectionInterface<C>
extends Object

Operations for obtaining references to persistent collections of a certain type.

Since:

6.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
C	createDetachedInstance()	Obtain a detached, uninitialized persistent collection of the type represented by this object.
C	createNewInstance()	Instantiate an empty collection of the type represented by this object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

createDetachedInstance

public C createDetachedInstance()

Obtain a detached, uninitialized persistent collection of the type represented by this object.

The returned wrapper object is not associated with any session, and cannot be initialized by calling Hibernate.initialize(Object). It can be used to represent an uninitialized collection when working with a detached object graph.

Returns:

an uninitialized persistent collection

createNewInstance

public C createNewInstance()

Instantiate an empty collection of the type represented by this object.

Returns:

a newly-instantiated empty collection